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Bronze

Scope note

Copper alloy that has as the principle alloying element a metal other than nickel or zinc. MMAHM

This term has 19,132 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300010957

Broader Terms used

copper alloy

Narrower Terms used

architectural bronze
bell metal
gunmetal
lead bronze
nickel bronze
phosphor bronze
statuary bronze

Term used for

alloy, copper-tin
copper-tin alloy

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry I (1100-35)
Mint: England

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: England

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Francesco I da Carrara, master of Traviso and Padua (d.1393)

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Niccolo Palmieri, bishop of Orte (1455-1467)

Maker(s)

Artist: Andrea Guaccialotti (1435-c.1495)

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Lorenzino de' Medici (1514-1547)

Maker(s)

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Tuscany

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Leoni, self portrait

Maker(s)

Artist: Leone Leoni (c.1509-1590)
Mint: Milan

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Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503)

Maker(s)

Artist: Unknown

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Pope Paul II (1464-1471)

Maker(s)

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome

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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, foundation for the church of San Francesco, Rimini

Maker(s)

Artist: Matteo de' Pasti

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Pietro Vettori (1499-1585), Florentine scholar

Maker(s)

G.R.F.

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Ippolita Gonzaga (1535-1563)

Maker(s)

Artist: Leone Leoni (c.1509-1590)
Mint: Milan

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Guiliano delle Rovere (1443-1513), later Pope Julius II (from 1503)

Maker(s)

Artist: Giovanni Candida (c.1445-c.1498)

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Alberti, self-portrait

Maker(s)

Artist: Leon Battista degli Alberti (1404-1472)

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Medals

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Royal Agricultural College Cirencester

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Medal for General Proficiency

Maker(s)

Ruler: George V (1910-36) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Agra Medical School

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Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Malhar Rao (1871-75) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Bowcher, Frank
State: Baroda

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Edmund Parkes Memorial Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Joseph Shepherd
Issuer: Royal Army Medical School
Die-engraver: Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

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Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Khande Rao (1857-71) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Doyle-Jones, F. W.
State: Baroda

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Hanbury Memorial Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Joseph Shepherd
Issuer: Farningham Homes for Little Boys
Die-engraver: Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

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Award for Merit

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sayaji Rao III (1875-1938)
Ruler: Ganpat Rao (1848-57) (Struck in the name of)
Artist: Gillick, Ernest George
State: Baroda

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Lady Trefusis Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Royal Institution of Cornwall
Issuer: Trefusis, Mary, Lady (Struck in the name of)

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John Snell Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Issuer: Snell, John, of Ormskirk (Struck in the name of)

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Dolly Cursetjee Prize Medal

Maker(s)

Artist: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
Issuer: Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy School of Art
Issuer: Cursetjee, Dolly (Struck in the name of)

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